Christ the King's Bria Smith was at the Wheelchair Classic supporting teammates Nia Oden and Ariel Paige on Tuesday.Denis Gostev

Bria Smith is still getting used to having that “undecided” next to her name. But she wasn’t alone two weeks ago at the McDonald’s All-American Game in Chicago and the WBCA All-American Game in Indianapolis.

Many players there were just like her: without a school after their would-be coach resigned or was fired. Smith got her release from the University of Virginia last month.

“I thought I was a unique case, but I found out I wasn’t,” the Christ the King guard said.

Now the recruiting process has started anew for Smith, who was at the Wheelchair Charities HS Basketball Classic on Tuesday night at LIU to support CK teammates Nia Oden and Ariel Paige. She will take visits next week during spring break to Louisville and Tennessee with two more potential visits to go. Smith says she’s not sure where those will be – she wants to make every official count. Though schools from just about every power conference are involved with her right now.

“I didn’t know there were that many colleges coaches out there, let me tell you,” Christ the King coach Bob Mackey said with a laugh. “So far it’s gone well.”

Mackey said he recommended Smith take just one other visit after the two that are already set as to not confuse things. The whole thing is still very new to her, though. And going to another school in the ACC might be an issue, because the conference will make her sit out a year because she signed initially with Virginia.

“It’s tough having that comfort zone taken away from you,” she said. “I’m just taking it day by day.”

The 5-foot-9 Smith said she wanted to compete in the Wheelchair Classic like she did last year, but initially thought that it counted as a third national tournament. High-school seniors are only allowed to compete in two and she already played in the McDonald’s game and at the WBCA.

When she found out that the Wheelchair didn’t count, it was already too late – though she perked up at the potential of possibly facing Brooklyn, featuring girls from Nazareth and coach Apache Paschall, in the championship game Wednesday. Queens didn’t uphold its end, however, falling to the Bronx team 75-71.

Smith, who wants to major in communications or marketing and is interested in a career in television, did find time amidst all the phone calls to cheer on her teammates Wednesday. But having her phone ringing off the hook with college coach after college coach hasn’t really bothered her.